{"id":1754468,"date":"2022-11-29T08:58:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754468"},"modified":"2022-11-29T08:58:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:58:31","slug":"u-s-representative-donald-mceachin-dies-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-representative-donald-mceachin-dies-at-61\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Representative Donald McEachin Dies At 61"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-representative-donald-mceachin-dies-at-61%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1754468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,\u201d Tara Rountree, his chief of staff, said in\u00a0the statement. \u201cValiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, he lost that battle, and the people of Virginia\u2019s Fourth Congressional District lost a hero who always, always fought for them and put them first,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cUntil a new representative is elected, our office will remain open and continue to serve our constituents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family asks for privacy at this time,\u201d the statement concluded. \u201cArrangements will be announced over the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ev2jRb5Gwr\">pic.twitter.com\/ev2jRb5Gwr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Donald McEachin (@RepMcEachin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMcEachin\/status\/1597430067260698624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McEachin had just won re-election earlier this month in Virginia\u2019s Fourth Congressional District where he has served ever since 2017. He was known for championing woke environmental justice and climate change policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post reported that McEachin was a minister and that he said of his battle with cancer a couple of years ago, \u201cGod gets you to stuff, and then he gets you through stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post noted that while his battle with cancer had been known for years, news of his death \u201cstill caught many by surprise,\u201d including Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>L. Louise Lucas, president pro tempore of the Virginia state Senate, tweeted, \u201cHearing the news of his death sent a shock of pain through me tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I served in the General Assembly with Donald McEachin for over 20 years, watching him make history as the first ever African American nominee for Attorney General of VA in 2001 before he went to Congress. Hearing the news of his death sent a shock of pain through me tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenLouiseLucas\/status\/1597434520168329216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced his death \u201cwith great sadness\u201d in a statement, saying that he was \u201ca tireless champion for Virginia families and a force for economic opportunity and environmental justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor two decades, Congressman McEachin was a distinguished leader on climate in Richmond: serving in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate,\u201d Pelosi said.\u00a0\u201cHis many contributions to our Select Committee on the Climate Crisis helped lay the essential groundwork for our climate action over the last two years, especially the important progress toward environmental justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman McEachin understood that every family \u2014 whether in the East End of Richmond or any community across America \u2014 deserves clean air, clean water and a healthy planet,\u201d the statement concluded. \u201cHe will be deeply missed by his colleagues, and he leaves behind a legacy that will improve the lives of all of our children for generations to come. May it be a comfort to his loving wife Colette, their dear children Mac, Briana and Alexandra, grandchild Gael and the entire McEachin family that so many join them in mourning during this sad time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) died Monday night after battling cancer for many years, according to a statement from his office. He was 61. \u201cWe are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin,\u201d Tara Rountree, his chief of staff, said in\u00a0the statement. \u201cValiantly, for years now, we have watched him &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1754476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1754468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1754468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1754468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1754476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1754468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1754468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1754468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}